Improvement in machines for bottoming fruit-baskets



iiidttd guette @met @Milice BAXTER D. WHITNEY, OF WINCHENDON,MASSACHUSETTS;

- Letters Patent No. 103,532, dated May-24, 1870.

The Schedule referred tc in these Letters Patent and making'part of thesame,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BAXTER D. WHITNEY, of Winchendou, iu the county ofWorcester and State of Massachusetts'have invented a certain new anduseful Machine for Bottoniing Fruit-Baskets; and the following is afull,clear, and exact description of the same, ref erence being had tothe accompanying' drawings making a part of this speciiication, inwhich- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the niachine.

Figure -2 shows a Sectional ,side view elevation, centrally through theoperating mechanism and frame.

Figure 3 is the rear end view of the part for the crank-shaft journal,showing the notch or recess, to stop the operation ofthe machine.

The object of my invention is to greatly facili-tate the manufacture offruit-baskets, by attaching and securing the bottom to the body firmlyin the most perfeet and expeditious manner; and

It consists of aA vertical frame or standard, to which the operatingparts are attached, near the top of which is securedan adjustableconical form, corresponding to the inside of the basket.

Inside of the cone is placed a spi-ing, which operates to' deliver thebasket, when bottomed.

The standard, being supported ou a base of such form and dimensions asto forin the frame and bearings for a crank-shaft to run in, which isprovided with a driving-pulley, a clutch, rock -shaft, footlever, and'spring, by which the ina-chine is operated.

The journal-box at the crank end of the shaft is fitted in an openingthrough the lower portion of thestaudard, and rests upon a spring, whichcan be adjusted by a set-screw underneath.

Attached to the crank is a pitxnan, which gives inotion to a vertical.rod or slide, which moves in close fitting boxes on the front of thestandard. Ou the top end vof the vertical slide is secured a disk, whichcarries a yielding ring, supported by spi-` ral or other springs, which,when brought up, snrround thecone above it.

A General Description by Letters of Reference.

The vertical standard A and the base B may be cast together in onepiece, leaving an elongated vertical opening, h., through the lowerportion of the standard from the front face.

Ou the rear end of the base B, corresponding with the opening a, issecured an upright post, C, which forms the journal-box for the rear endof the crank-y shaft D, to run in, and also the bearings' for therockshaft b.

On the crankshaft D, about midway between the standard A and the rearpost C, is placed tliedriving-pulley E, which runs loose on the shaft D,and is held in position by the collars d d', the pulley having aprojection, e, onthe rear face, coi-responding with a reverse piu orprojection, c', on the face oi the -sliding clutch F, which are broughtin contact by the action of the arm f, on the .rock-shaft and foot-leverg, and thrown out of gear by the spring h, when the hub or projectiont', on the rear face oi' the clutch F, comes to the recess c in the topof the post C.

The journal-box k, in Which the crank end of the shaft D runs, is ttedin the opening a, and has its support in a rubber spring, j, or otheryielding substance, and is adjusted by `a set-screw, l, underneath.- Theuse of the spring j is to compensate foi-"any little irregularities inthe parts forming the basket.

To the crank D' is attac-lied the pitrnan G, -to connect it with thevertical slide H, which moves in close-fitting boxes an m, on the faceof the standard A, they projecting out from the face a sufficientd'istance to give the required room for the disk I, which is secured tothe top of the slide H.

o The disk has a sunken recess-11., to receive the bottoni of thefruit-basket.

Above and surrounding the recess is aconical ring, `J which is supportedon spiral or other suitable springs, o o o, so that it will yield to theaction of the machine, when brought in contact with the basket ou theconical forni K, which is secured .directly above it to an adj nstablearm-support, L, which is made movable on the face of the top of thestandard A, so as to bc accurately adj usted by a set-screw, p, inthetop.

The conical form K is inadc exactly the size and the shape of the insideof the body or sides of the basket, with a projecting ange, q, groovedon the under side, to [it the top edge or rim, there being a recess orcavity, i', in it underneath, in which is placed a helical spring, orother yielding substance, which will exert a sniiicient force toliberate the basket, after the bottoni has been put on.A

Another method of delivering the basket from thc cone or, forni is tohave spring hooks attached to the disk, to catch on the top ofthebasket, so that when the disk descends, it carries the basket with it.

The function of the ring J is to press the body of the basket closelyaround the form K, which brings the lower edge to the proper position toenter the groove in the bottom, the motion of the ring being arrested bycoming in Contact with the basket, the vspiings o o o yielding, to admitof. the continued motion of the disk I, which carries the bottom to itsplace, and rmly locks it to the body. v

lhe bottoms may be put on without the ring yielding, as specified, byhaving an independent slide, to -carry the ring forward until it clampsthe body closely to the form K, and then stop, While the disli attachedto the slide H continues to carry the bottom forward, and locks it tothe body.

What I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The conical lform K, the ring J, disk I, operating in the manner andfor the lpurposes herein described.

2. The standard A, as constructed with all of the mechanism attached,for bottoming fruit-baskets, substantially as set forth.

BAXTER D. WHITNEY.

l Witnesses CHAs. H. POOLE,v J. B. WOODRUFF.

